![]() ![]() ![]() The power of this vocabulary to elicit a smirky mirth in youngsters (and, sometimes, in their grownup versions) is sweetly celebrated in the genial animated feature Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, which is based on the popular series of children’s novels by author and illustrator Dav Pilkey. It’s as if 8-year-olds (particularly boys) are genetically wired to find vaguely forbidden words like “butt” and “booger” and “fart” innately hilarious they’re like Pavlov’s pups, tittering and giggling at the mere mention of certain bodily functions and parts without fail. The plot, meanwhile - based on a book by Rise Of The Guardians author William Joyce – seems to have taken narrative cues from the lyrics of Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song'.Kids adore potty humor. Before anybody can groan “Honey, I shrunk the kids”, spears fly, swords clash and MK moons over leaf hunk Nod (Josh Hutcherson).ĭespite a fun zinger late on involving giant electric shocks, few sparks fly between this insipid duo. It's there, sparingly, in the misadventures of Mary Katherine aka MK (voiced by Amanda Seyfried), who's shrunk to a speck by Beyoncé's green-fingered Queen Tara and then roped into the war between miniature leaf men and forest-trashing Boggans. Fitting, then, that this 3D jaunt is unlikely to win the heart of anyone over three feet tall.īetween its assault course of airborne action scenes and over-populated cast of characters (including Chris O'Dowd and Aziz Ansari on comic-relief duty as said snail and slug), it's surprising that director Chris Wedge ( Robots, Ice Age ) finds room for any plot at all. While Epic 's neat little parcel contains considerably less singing (Beyoncé warbling over the end credits notwithstanding) and considerably more gastropod molluscs (or, y'know, slugs and snails), it aims for similar pint-sized thrills. ![]()
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